Welcome to the 9th Mosel Paragliding Open 2018 and thanks for your interest in flying and competing at our Mosel River sites.For those who are unfamiliar with the area, the famous Moselle is running down from France through Luxembourg until it joins the mighty Rhine.

Event info

Welcome to the 9th Mosel Paragliding Open 2018 and thanks for your interest in flying and competing at our Mosel River sites.For those who are unfamiliar with the area, the famous Moselle is running down from France through Luxembourg until it joins the mighty Rhine. The Moselle twists and turns its way between Trier and Koblenz along Germany's most beautiful river valleys, exactly where our takeoffs are located - at the steep wineyards of the Moselle, which allows us short ways for any wind direction. Save flatland flying with tricky technical handicaps because we are surrounded by some airspaces. Except the big SW take off at Klüsserath our take offs are pretty small. That is the reason our competition is limited to max. 85 Pilots. We are running this event since 2007 now. We are looking forward to invite the Mosel Open community again for no.9 at the end of April 2018. We decided again to finish the event on monday before the bankholiday on 1st of May That guarantees everybody a smart drive home and there is no excuse to skip the price giving ceremony.

Requirement for Pilots to enter this competition:-All pilots must hold a valid licence and FAI license and shall be of sufficient standard to meet the demands of an international competition.-To have live tracking and retrieve a pilot should have an Android or IOS smartphone with mobile internet connection during the whole comp. Downloading the mobile App (Android or IOS) from Airtribune is mandatory!- Radio- Mobile Phone (Android/IOS)- Certified Equipment.- Mobile App Airtribune Attention: no mobile App, SPOT or Flymasterlive no livetracking and no retrief granted!

Selection:40 places are reserved for the state titles NRW and RLP.35 places for national and international pilots including five places for female pilots additional to their international WPRS Ranking, December 2016.10 wildcards for the organizerAttention Pilots: The entry fee will not payed before 15th of Januar 2018In case of the expected early overbooking we close the Reggo on 31st of December 2017All international Pilots which are qualified now have time to pay their entry fee until 15th of januar 2017.After 15th of Februar 2018 free places (caused by non payed entry fees) are handed to the Pilots on waiting list. There is no ranking for pilots on the waiting list.

Refund Policy

If you decide to drop out then it is NOT possible to nominate someone to replace you - you will be refunded and the slot will be filled by another pilot at the organiser's discretion No refund for cancelations after 30th of March 2018.

Rules: DHV-Wettbewerbsordnung 2017 - FAI Section 7

Technical req.: Each competing glider shall be of sufficient performance and standard of airworthiness to meet the demands of international championships. It must be based on a Paraglider certification .The organisers have the right to refuse any glider not of acceptable standard or configuration.Documentary proof in English or German of insurance covering public liability risk to a value of 1.5 Mio. Euro must be presented to the Organisers before the start of the Championships, as well as a personal accident insurance Covering medical assistance and reparation. Helicopter Rescue insurance is obligatory.All pilots fly on their own responsibility. All pilots accept without restriction to hold the Organisers, its bodies and members harmless and waive all claims to compensation. – See page 3; DHV-Liability Disclaimer .GPS – track log, The Organizer provides cables for the following GPS/loggers only: MLR, Garmin, Bräuniger,Aircotec, Compass/C-Pilot,. For any other accepted GPS/logger the pilot must bring his own cable.

Retriefe: Retrieval along the main roads and official shuttle service to take off/bomb out will be organized. No private drive to take off! No private parking on take off or roads leading to the take off!

Prize fund and scoring categories

Overall male/femaleState Titles West and Southwest (NRW/RLP/SAR)Subtopper (more than two lines)

General schedule

We meet every morning 9:30 am at the HQ. Short briefing before pilots jump the busses to access our take offs. According to the weather we drive between 10 and 45 mins. up to the take off. Strictly no private driving or parking on take off or roads leading to the take off.Detailed and longer briefing on take off.Changes and daily informations are provided at the HQ.

Daily schedule

Thursday 26th April:17pm Official sign in/, download and registration

Friday April 27th: 8am to 9pm download and reggo for late arrivals.Mandadatory briefing 9:30 am at the HQ. 10:45 transport to the take offs.

Saturday April 28th:9:30am short briefing before leaving to take off at 10:00am

Sunday April 29th:9:30am short briefing before leaving to take off at 10:00am

Monday April 30th:9:30am short briefing before leaving to take off at 10:00am20:00pm big open end pilots party with food, drinks and price giving ceremony

Accommodation and Activities

Due some incidents last year strictly no camping on parking as pilots have been used to. Check alternatives. There are lots of official camp grounds.

How to get here

HQ is not confirmed yet stay tuned

The HQ is based in the Microbrewery at "Kloster Machern" located vis a vis to Zeltingen-Rachtig on the other side of the river.Next Airport is Ryan Air/Frankfurt Hahn.Railway line direction Trier or Koblenz, stop at Wittlich/Bombogen.

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